A class of lipoproteins of large size (30-80 nm), very low density (0.93-1.006 g/ml) particles with a core composed mainly of triglycerides and a surface monolayer of phospholipids and cholesterol into which are imbedded the apolipoproteins B, E, and C. VLDL facilitate the transport of endogenously made triglycerides to extrahepatic tissues.
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This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
very-low-density lipoprotein
(CHEBI:39027)
has part
very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(CHEBI:47773)
very-low-density lipoprotein
(CHEBI:39027)
has part
very-low-density lipoprotein triglyceride
(CHEBI:47776)
very-low-density lipoprotein
(CHEBI:39027)
is a
lipoprotein
(CHEBI:6495)